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Needlework picture
Abstract portrait by Frances Richards done in needlework on a woven straw ground; face, elongated neck and shoulders in cotton fabric, outlined with herringbone and couched threads; hair represented by black and yellow couched yellow threads; features of face outlined in black threads using back stitches; framed in 19th century maple frame.
Collection Area
Social & Cultural History
Item Number
F98.60.37
Creation/Production
Richards, Frances
Acquisition
Bequest, 18/12/1998
Measurements
Length
(cm): 29.5
Width
(cm): 25.4
Length
(cm): 17
Width
(cm): 20.2
Material
Straw
Cotton (fabric)
Wool (fabric)
Wood
Glass
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